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Archives of past events. The Berkman Center's Interactive collection features conversations with and talks by leading cyber-scholars, entrepreneurs, activists, and policymakers as they explore topics such as: the factors that influence knowledge creation and dissemination in the digital age; the character of power as the worlds of governance, business, citizenship, and the media meet the Internet; and the opportunities, role, and limitations of new technologies in learning.

This research group out of Harvard includes Danah Boyd. Live web casts and chat. The Berkman Center's Interactive collection features conversations with and talks by leading cyber-scholars, entrepreneurs, activists, and policymakers as they explore topics such as: the factors that influence knowledge creation and dissemination in the digital age; the character of power as the worlds of governance, business, citizenship, and the media meet the Internet; and the opportunities, role, and limitations of new technologies in learning.

ReCut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video .

A Future of Media Project funded by the Ford Foundation. This study looks at what kinds of uses of copyrighted works are legal online. It identifies nine common kinds of re-appropriation practices, including satire and parody, criticism and video diaries.

The Global Education Collaborative is an online community for teachers and students who are interested in joining global education projects. With more than 800 members, the site encourages users to post media, blogs, and ideas for advancing collaborative education worldwide.

The MacArthur Foundation is exploring how technology is changing kids and learning. This is a great video to use as an introduction at your next workshop.

The MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning is a series of volumes that explore core issues facing young people in the digital world.

Rings of Responsibility for grades 4-5 challenges students to think about their online communities and relationships.

A PEW research study conducted in 2009 and released this week (May 27, 2010) shows that young people are actually more mindful of online reputation and guard their personal information more than older ones. Among age groups, internet users ages 30-49 are the most likely to worry about the amount of information available online: 38% say they are concerned, compared with 30% of users ages 18-29, 31% of those ages 50-64 and 23% of those 65 and older.

It's important for parents today to realize they are creating an online dossier for a human being that will be with them for years to come. It's worth considering what kind of digital footprint or online history you want to leave for your child. When your child is a teenager or adult, what will they make of the information you are currently uploading now? 5% of babies under 2 have social media profiles, 7% have email addresses, 81% of two-year-olds have a digital footprint. The irony here is that Zogby International just published a survey of parents that found 90% of them think their kids share too much information online and social networks aren't doing enough to protect them. See the story at: http://bit.ly/CNNparentpoll

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project have agreed to conduct a research project aimed at understanding teenagers' behavior online. The research will examine how this behavior ties to digital citizenship - the behaviors, expectations and skills teens have around interacting with others in digital spaces. The research is jointly funded by the Pew Internet Project and Cable in the Classroom. The study will begin in November 2010 and results are expected in November 2011.

From American University's School of Communication. When is it fair and legal to use other people's copyrighted work to make your own? What's the line between infringement and fair use? Take this tour of remix culture classics, and use the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video to make your own decisions. This video is also available as a quicktime download.

A pair of 2007 studies conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project showed that teens are steadily drifting away from the "old-fashioned medium" of e-mail. While 92 percent of surveyed adults said they regularly used e-mail, only 16 percent of teens made it a part of daily life while text messaging (36 percent), instant messaging (29 percent) and social network site messaging (23 percent) gained in popularity. As teens, 20-somethings and, increasingly, other generations bypass their in-box in favor of other formats, is e-mail endangered?

CNET's Guide to Online Safey for Parents & Kids. The Web can help kids learn, communicate, and socialize, but it also exposes them to risks. Helping a child develop sound instincts for exploring the Internet safely is a challenge--find out what you can do.

Author James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds, explains how the decision-making ability of a diverse group of people is more effective than that of individuals.

The reported behavior improvements aren't universal, however. The study shows the biggest improvements in behavior took place among children in low-income households; experts speculate that the declines in bullying are probably confined to schools that have mounted coordinated programs to halt it.

If your kids are too young for Facebook, or you're concerned about privacy, consider looking into some lesser-known social networking sites geared for tweens, preteens, and yes, even teenagers.

It's a brave new world. Unfortunately--continuing the literary allusion--Big Brother is watching. As technology makes more information more accessible, it also threatens to expose information that is not intended to be shared. Privacy is a concept that is caught in the middle of the struggle.

The Internet was built on freedom of expression. Society wants someone held accountable when that freedom is abused. And major Internet companies like Google and Facebook are finding themselves caught between those ideals.

While house parties have always been a part of teenage life, with the introduction of "Facebook" and other social media sites a relatively small party can quickly turn into an out of control affair. Home damaged after teens spread word of raging party through Facebook and texts. That is what happened to the Abbett family's home in East Bridgewater, Mass., when they took a trip to Paris left their 18-year old son Alex in charge.